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Nebraska State Historical Society

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World rank, all time
#26,161
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,473
of 7,310
Research works
178
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Nebraska State Historical Society

Which fields of science does Nebraska State Historical Society work in?

In all years, 38% of research at Nebraska State Historical Society is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 67 fractional works · 37.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 10.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 8.2% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 25.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPaleontology: 16 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 22.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNebraska StateHistorical…178fractional works, all years
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences38%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2715.0%
    2. Psychology1810.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities158.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2011.5%
    2. Environmental Science158.5%
    3. Engineering31.7%
    4. Computer Science31.5%
    5. Chemistry21.1%
    6. Mathematics20.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2413.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology95.2%
    3. Neuroscience52.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine1910.9%
    2. Health Professions63.1%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.80× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.33× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.62× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.33×1 works
  2. Neuroscience4.80×1 works
  3. Environmental Science2.62×2 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.26×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.17×0 works
  6. Psychology1.62×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.51×1 works
  8. Nursing1.48×0 works
  9. Mathematics1.39×0 works
  10. Health Professions1.19×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.98×0 works
  13. Medicine0.92×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.72×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.68×1 works
  16. Engineering0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nebraska State Historical Society?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas P. Myers, Marvin F. Kivett and John R. Bozell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nebraska State Historical Society.

  1. 1 Thomas P. Myers United States · #1,609,638 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Marvin F. Kivett United States · #3,243,278 worldwide 119 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 John R. Bozell United States · #3,618,969 worldwide 220 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Mary Robbins Haworth United States · #3,766,771 worldwide 198 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 R. Eli Paul United States · #4,221,182 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Gayle F. Carlson United States · #4,663,216 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Terry L. Steinacher United States · #4,910,936 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Nebraska State Historical Society

What are the most cited papers from Nebraska State Historical Society?

The most cited paper from Nebraska State Historical Society is "Frugivorous and animalivorous bats (Microchiroptera): dental and cranial adaptations" (Patricia Waring Freeman, 1988), with 201 citations. Next come "Violence and the Violent Individual" (157) and "TWO-WAY TELEVISION IN GROUP THERAPY" (155).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Frugivorous and animalivorous bats (Microchiroptera): dental and cranial adaptations Patricia Waring Freeman · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Open access Mar 1988 201
2 Violence and the Violent Individual William H. Reid · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Dec 1982 157
3 TWO-WAY TELEVISION IN GROUP THERAPY Cecil L. Wittson, D. Craig Affleck, V. Sue Johnson · Psychiatric Services Nov 1961 155
4 Evolution of the snake body form reveals homoplasy in amniote Hox gene function Jason J. Head, Paul David Polly · Nature 24 Dec 2014 138
5 Nicotine Patch Therapy in Smoking Cessation Reduces the Extent of Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia John J. Mahmarian, Lemuel A. Moyé, George A Nasser et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Jul 1997 128
All 66 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nebraska State Historical Society?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endemism, Neotropical Region, Phylogenetic Analysis, Taxonomy and Cultural Heritage.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography17▲ 28×8 topics
  2. Climate Change12▲ 2.6×25 topics
  3. Biodiversity12▲ 8.5×13 topics
  4. Conservation11▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Endemism11▲ 274×2 topics
  6. Neotropical Region11▲ 416×2 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 15×7 topics
  8. Taxonomy9▲ 32×5 topics
  9. Cultural Heritage8▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Invasive Species8▲ 8.0×13 topics
  11. Phylogeny8▲ 25×6 topics
  12. Cladistic Analysis8▲ 540×1 topic
  13. Regionalization8▲ 540×1 topic
  14. Ecosystem Services8▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Community Resilience7▲ 37×3 topics
  16. History7▲ 4.8×8 topics
  17. Traditional Irrigation7▲ 302×1 topic
  18. Water Sustainability7▲ 302×1 topic
  19. Mental Health7▲ 3.4×19 topics
  20. Agricultural Origins6▲ 90×1 topic
  21. Food Security6▲ 8.0×3 topics
  22. Radiocarbon Dating6▲ 90×1 topic
  23. Meta-Analysis5▲ 5.5×6 topics
  24. Coleoptera5▲ 150×2 topics
  25. Evolution4▲ 8.5×9 topics
  26. Climate Change Adaptation4▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Agroecology4▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  29. Rural Communities4▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Soil Management4▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Crop Production4▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Organic Farming4▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Population Dynamics4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  34. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Mediterranean3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Chenopodiaceae3▲ 126×1 topic
  37. DNA Barcoding3▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Vascular Flora3▲ 126×1 topic
  39. Family Engagement3▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Habitat Selection3▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Nebraska State Historical Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces and ECG Monitoring and Analysis.

Telemedicine and Telehea…1Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…0EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 0 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analy…0ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 0 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 0 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 0 fractional worksLaw, Rights, and Freedoms0Law, Rights, and Freedoms: 0 fractional worksNeurology and Historical Studies: 0 fractional worksPlant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies: 0 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues …0Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGlobal and Planetary ChangeCognitive NeuroscienceCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  4. 4 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Law, Rights, and Freedoms Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Neurology and Historical Studies Neurology 0 works
  9. 9 Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available20.7%not open79.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nebraska State Historical Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nebraska State Historical Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Nebraska State Historical Society0.000063% in 202519801990200020102020

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